Users Guide

Parameters
• rp — Enter the keyword rp to upload a trace log from the Route Processor CPU.
• linecard slot-id — Enter the linecard slot-id parameters to specify the line-card CPU whose
trace log you want to upload.
• hw-trace — Enter the keyword hw-trace to upload the hardware trace log from the specified CPU.
• sw-trace — Enter the keyword sw-trace to upload the software trace log from the specified CPU.
• pe pe–id — Enter the keyword pe and port extender ID. Range is 0– 255.
• stack-unit number — Enter the keyword stack-unit and a stack unit number. Stack unit range is 0
–7.
• Upload a trace-log file from a switch CPU.
EXEC mode
upload trace-log {cp | rp | linecard slot-id pe PEID stack-unit unit number
sw-trace | hw-trace}
Example of Uploading a PE Trace Log
Dell#upload trace-log pe 0 stack-unit 0 hw-trace
Last Restart Reason
If a switch restarted for some reason (automatically or manually), the show rpm slot-id and show
linecard slot-id command outputs include the reason for the restart.
The following table shows the reasons displayed in the output and their corresponding causes.
Table 23. RPM Restart Causes and Reasons
Causes Displayed Reasons
Power cycle of the chassis normal power-cycle
Reload normal power-cycle
Table 24. Linecard Restart Causes and Reasons
Causes Displayed Reasons
Reset of linecard powered-on
show hardware Commands
Use the show hardware commands to troubleshoot error conditions by displaying information about a
hardware subcomponent and details from hardware-based feature tables.
NOTE: Use the show hardware commands only under the guidance of the Dell Networking
Technical Assistance Center (TAC).
• Display internal interface status of the line-card CPU port which connects to the external
management interface.
show hardware linecard slot—id cpu management statistics
• Display driver-level statistics for the data-plane port on the CPU for the specified line card.
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